# Timeline: Vladimir Putin

Recorded incidents in which Vladimir Putin is named, oldest first.

- 2001-04-14: State-controlled Gazprom takes formal control of Russia's independent NTV television network (incident 2001-russia-gazprom-takeover-ntv) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2001-russia-gazprom-takeover-ntv
- 2006-10-07: Investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya is shot dead in Moscow; a former police officer is later convicted of organizing the killing (incident 2006-russia-politkovskaya-killed) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2006-russia-politkovskaya-killed
- 2022-03-04: Russia criminalizes 'fake' reporting on the military, up to 15 years in prison (incident 2022-russia-criminalizes-fake-war-reports) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2022-russia-criminalizes-fake-war-reports
- 2026-08-04: Russia: law on asset freezes and service denials for exiled "foreign agents", August 2026 (incident 2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets

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